The Sequence of Events

Ye Bugu: "Great God Jiu Chen, the person you were looking for has woken up. For the specific details, you can add him as a friend and ask."

Xiao Fan: "Thank you, you've worked hard."

Ye Bugu: "Don't mention it. If you need anything in the future, feel free to reach out. The Night Blade Mercenary Group will never charge you any fees again."

Two days ago, when Ye Bugu went out to search for the person, he tried using the Heaven-Tier Skill Xiao Fan had given him.

It wouldn't be accurate to call it strong; it was simply invincible, wasn't it?

He could switch between the positions of three phantoms at will.

Can you imagine the shock of a Fierce Beast flying toward him, only to slap at thin air?

If he wasn't careful and got controlled, he could switch phantom positions to instantly break the crowd control and even recover health!

When he used this skill for the first time, Ye Bugu was stunned!

Health recovery! It turned out he could restore his health without a Doctor's healing skill!

Only then did Ye Bugu realize that healing skills could be used in such a way.

Even when there was no danger, if he placed three phantoms and used other damage-dealing skills, the phantoms would also attack surrounding targets.

It was nothing short of perfect.

And this was while he wasn't even very proficient with the skill yet. Ye Bugu didn't dare to imagine how strong he would be once he fully mastered it.

Ye Bugu could only say that it was worthy of being a Heaven-Tier Skill.

Previously, Ye Bugu had continuously created Mystic Rank skills, and later even created an Earth-Tier Skill.

Though he didn't show it on the surface, he was very proud inside, feeling that he would eventually create a Heaven-Tier Skill sooner or later.

But after truly possessing one, Ye Bugu realized just how far away he was from creating a Heaven-Tier Skill.

He could never in his life conceive of such a detached, bizarre, and unpredictable skill, yet Xiao Fan had produced it as if it were nothing.

This was a true genius!

Ye Bugu made up his mind to maintain a good relationship with Xiao Fan in the future.

Closing the chat box with Ye Bugu, Xiao Fan added his Uncle's game ID, and the other party accepted almost instantly.

"Xiao Fan?"

"It's me, Uncle. How is your body feeling now?" Xiao Fan asked with concern.

Inside the tent, seeing Xiao Fan's reply, Xiao Yi felt a complex mix of emotions.

He had been attacked previously and thought he would never leave the game alive.

Before losing consciousness, he had thought of many things... his wife who had never enjoyed a day of comfort following him, his two children who hadn't yet grown up, and the only remaining bloodline of his older brother—his nephew who had just logged into the game.

All his loved ones were counting on him; he couldn't die! He wanted to struggle, but he had no legs; he could never stand up again.

The moment his consciousness faded, he thought he would never return...

Who would have thought that upon waking up, he would appear in a human settlement.

The person who saved him looked very strong, yet told him that a game expert had commissioned him to save him.

Xiao Yi thought for a long time; other than his nephew who had just entered the game, he didn't know anyone in the game, let alone a game expert.

But his nephew Xiao Fan had only been in the game for a month and was at best a novice Player; how could he be an expert?

While Xiao Yi was pondering, the person who saved him told him that the game expert wanted to add him as a friend.

Seeing that the person adding him was a level five account, Xiao Yi found it hard to believe.

Now, receiving a definitive reply from the other side, Xiao Yi didn't know how to describe his mood; at this moment, he had too many questions in his heart.

But seeing the concern sent by Xiao Fan, he replied with reddened eyes.

"I'm fine, my body is much better."

After saying that, Xiao Yi smiled bitterly and muttered to himself.

"It's just that I no longer have my legs."

"Uncle, what exactly happened that night? Why did you leave the protection zone, and who attacked you?" Xiao Fan asked impatiently.

Xiao Yi's face turned pale.

Recalling the events of that night, a flash of anger crossed his face, but upon thinking of the identity of those people, his lips parted, eventually turning into an almost inaudible sigh as he swallowed his surging emotions back down.

"That night was just an accident. I wanted to relieve myself at night and accidentally walked out of the protection zone, only to be attacked by a passing Fierce Beast."

Xiao Fan looked at his Uncle's reply, his brows furrowed tightly. It was obvious his Uncle didn't want to talk about it.

Xiao Fan could roughly guess the reason; it was nothing more than the fact that the people who attacked his Uncle had extraordinary identities.

In this situation, even if he pressed for answers, his Uncle wouldn't say anything.

Xiao Fan thought for a moment before replying.

"So it was an accident. I thought you had accidentally offended someone. I just wanted to ask so I could be more careful in the game in the future, to avoid accidentally angering them again."

Xiao Yi sat up in bed the moment he saw Xiao Fan's reply, his face filled with worry.

That's right, his nephew was still in the game, and in the future, his own children would enter the game as well.

Although those people usually held themselves high above others, who could be certain that they wouldn't run into them in the game one day?

Hadn't he, a mere ordinary gold farmer, encountered them himself?

The game was not the Real World; players killing each other in the wild was commonplace, and the government wouldn't interfere at all.

And those people, in particular, did not value the lives of ordinary players.

Xiao Yi sighed slowly and replied, "It was someone from the Shen Family, one of the Four Great Families."

"Xiao Fan, the Shen Family has immense power and has always been tyrannical in the game. If you ever run into anyone from the Shen Family in the future, run away immediately, do you hear me?"

"So Uncle really was ambushed by a player." Looking at his uncle's reply, Xiao Fan clenched his fists tightly, his fingertips turning slightly white from the force. "The Shen Family! Very well!"

"Uncle, what exactly happened that day? Why did the Shen Family attack you?"

After waiting for a long time, his uncle Xiao Yi sent a long string of messages.

Although Cloud Sea was a game, it was also a complete world.

It was rich in resources and even gave birth to some magical Heavenly Spirit Treasure.

These Heavenly Spirit Treasure could not only increase a player's attributes and abilities but could also be manifested into the Real World, making them extremely precious.

That day, while hunting a Fierce Beast, Xiao Yi had inadvertently spotted a Heavenly Spirit Grass, as described by the officials, in the distance.

The Heavenly Spirit Grass was very valuable; a single stalk could be traded for ten thousand Core Power.

With that money, their family's situation could be greatly improved, and he could even provide some financial support to Xiao Fan, who was about to enter the game.

Xiao Yi silently memorized the location of the Heavenly Spirit Grass, and when night fell, he snuck out during his rest period. The Heavenly Spirit Grass was not far from the protection zone; he figured that as long as he was careful, nothing would go wrong.

He just hadn't expected that this Heavenly Spirit Grass had already been targeted by the Shen Family.

The moment Xiao Yi approached the Heavenly Spirit Grass, he was struck by a palm from the guards stationed by the Shen Family and sent flying.

"Daring to covet something belonging to our Shen Family—you are simply courting death."

Only then did Xiao Yi realize the Heavenly Spirit Grass already had an owner, and it was the Shen Family, one of the Four Great Families.

He could only kneel and beg for mercy, explaining that he didn't know the Heavenly Spirit Grass belonged to the Shen Family and hoping they would let him go.

Those Shen Family members looked down at him with arrogant expressions. They claimed they would spare him, but in the end, one of them severed his legs and tossed him casually into the wilderness, saying it was his punishment for coveting the Shen Family's property.